Survival of geriatric patients after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in Japan

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2010; 16(40): 5084-5091
Published online Oct 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i40.5084

Table 1 Patients’ characteristics stratified by survival (mean ± SD)

Variable	Total (n = 931)	Alive (n = 429)	Dead (n = 502)	P-value
Age (yr)	81.4 ± 7.8	80.0 ± 7.9	82.6 ± 7.6	< 0.0001¹
Height (cm)	153.0 ± 10.4	152.4 ± 10.5	153.5 ± 10.2	0.20¹
Weight (kg)	44.7 ± 10.7	44.9 ± 10.8	44.6 ± 10.6	0.79¹
Body mass index (kg/m²)	19.3 ± 3.7	19.5 ± 4.0	19.1 ± 3.6	0.22¹
Body temperature (°C)	36.7 ± 0.5	36.7 ± 0.5	36.7 ± 0.5	0.82¹
White blood cell (/μL) 25/50/75 percentile	5470/6770/8700	5500/6640/8570	5420/6800/8800	0.33²
C-reactive protein (mg/dL) 25/50/75 percentile	0.4/1.2/2.8	0.4/1.0/2.4	0.4/1.2/3.2	0.016²
Hematocrit (%) 25/50/75 percentile	29.8/33.5/37.1	30.9/34.2/37.7	29.2/32.8/36.6	0.0001²
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 25/50/75 percentile	9.8/11.0/12.3	10.1/11.3/12.6	9.5/10.8/12.1	0.0001²
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L) 25/50/75 percentile	18/24/35	18/23/31	18/24/39	0.019²
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L) 25/50/75 percentile	12/19/33	12/19/29	11/20/40	0.22²
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) 25/50/75 percentile	12.8/17.7/24.8	12.4/17.0/23.1	13.0/18.6/26.1	0.018²
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 25/50/75 percentile	0.42/0.59/0.80	0.40/0.56/0.76	0.44/0.60/0.81	0.0096²
Albumin (g/dL) 25/50/75 percentile	2.6/3.0/3.3	2.7/3.0/3.4	2.6/2.9/3.2	0.0013²

¹The Student t-test was applied because the distribution was considered as normal;

²The Mann-Whitney test was applied because the distribution was considered as not normal.

Citation: Suzuki Y, Tamez S, Murakami A, Taira A, Mizuhara A, Horiuchi A, Mihara C, Ako E, Muramatsu H, Okano H, Suenaga H, Jomoto K, Kobayashi J, Takifuji K, Akiyama K, Tahara K, Onishi K, Shimazaki M, Matsumoto M, Ijima M, Murakami M, Nakahori M, Kudo M, Maruyama M, Takahashi M, Washizawa N, Onozawa S, Goshi S, Yamashita S, Ono S, Imazato S, Nishiwaki S, Kitahara S, Endo T, Iiri T, Nagahama T, Hikichi T, Mikami T, Yamamoto T, Ogawa T, Ogawa T, Ohta T, Matsumoto T, Kura T, Kikuchi T, Iwase T, Tsuji T, Nishiguchi Y, Urashima M. Survival of geriatric patients after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in Japan. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(40): 5084-5091
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v16/i40/5084.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i40.5084